Hellbergmoos. The Tranche II Ej200 engine has undergone its first test flight successfully at Caselle di Torino in Italy.

The engine was installed in a Eurofighter IPA2 aircraft achieved its first flight from Caselle di Torino Airport (Italy) successfully.

During the test, the Eurofighter IPA2 aircraft carried out supersonic flight and handling manoeuvres. The EJ200 engine behaved perfectly during the tests and exceeded all expectations of in-flight verifications.

For flight test purposes, a Tranche II engine was installed in the right-hand bay of the IPA2 aircraft in combination with a Tranche I engine in the left bay. With these tests, the compatibility of a Tranche II Tranche II EJ 200 Eurofighter engine undergoes flight test engine in a Tranche I aircraft was demonstrated.

Between November and December 2007, a second phase of flight-testing with two Tranche II engines in a Tranche II configured IPA2 aircraft will take place. In this final phase, the test of the Tranche II propulsion system installed in a Tranche II aircraft will be completed.

EUROJET Turbo GmbH is the leading European military aerospace engine consortium responsible for the development, production, maintenance, support and sales of the new generation EJ200 engine. The shareholders of EUROJET are Avio (Italy), ITP (Spain), MTU Aero Engines (Germany) and Rolls-Royce (UK).